Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-21
NEWS.
Twelve Mounted Men Attack a Texas
Railroad Train and Rob Il.
MISS GRACE LESLIE INSTANTLY KILLED BY
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Mrs. Annie Boyd Gets a $500 Verdict
Asairs. G Saloonkesper.
A CALL MADE FOB AL TIE OUT
STANDING Elk PEs CENT BONDS.
Suicide of Brigadier General James L.
Selfridge at Philadelphia.
SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Train Robbery ON the Missouri Pa
efHc Rail road.

Train Robbery on tne MISSOURI Fa-
effc Railroad.
GALVESTON, May pa News San
Antonio special says: The north
bound Express on the Missouri Pacific
railroad. which left this city at Z.
o'clock last evening, encountered a
gang of train robbers about 10 o'clock
at McNeill's station, II miles north OF
Austin. AS the train slowed up at the
station the robbers, to the number OF
II or 10, fired several volleys to intim-
idate the passengers. The train was
held up for nearly half an hour, after
which it was allowed to proceed. The
| doors of the express car were forced
open, and about $4,000 taken. The
messengers were compelled to throw
up their hands, and were ordered to
hand over the cash and registered
packages. Postal Clerk Spaulding
SAYS he distinctly heard an order given
by the leader: Don't touch any of
the passengers. and don't shoot any of
our own men," The messenger also
says that he believes the men were
green hands in the business.
WACO, Texas, May 20.-The follow
ing particulars of the train robbery on
the international & Great Northern
railroad, at McNeill's station, has
been learned. Twelve mounted men
did the work, and they went at it with
SO much system, and their plans
worked so well that they secured a
large amount OF money from the Pa
cifc Express Company. A passen-
ger on the train says that when the
train pulled in at the Mcneil station,
it was found that an agent and two
gentlemen were in charge of the rob-
bers, who were well mounted and
armed. The robbers had rolled a log
in front of the engine, and the engin-
eer and fireman were guarded by some
of them while the others proceeded to
fire into the tops of the cars. The
passengers were told that if they kept
quiet they would not be molested.
One passenger was shot in the hand,
and a brakeman named White had his
cheek grazed by a bullet. The ex-
press agent refused to open the car,
and three robbers broke open the car
door and knocked the express agent
down. The safe was broken open and
robbed. The amount of money OBJ
tanned was variously estimated at
from $21 900 to $50, 900. After the
robbers had secured the Doodle they
told the trainmen to roll the log off the
track and that they could go. After
robbing the train they mounted their
horses and rode away. The train was
delayed only about half an hour.
Fatal Accident ON the Denver d
Rio Grand Railroad.
DENVER, May 20.-A sleeper on the
Denver & Rio Grand, Salt Lake ex-
press, was derailed near Salida at 5
O'Clock this morning. Grace Leslie,
the leading lady of the Kate Castleton
troupe was instantly killed. DR. Geo.
Cox received a sever scalp wound,
and Pullman conductor Aubray
was hurt on the head and hip. The
wounded were taken to the company's
hospital at Salida. The sleeper is
badly demolished.
The company played at Pueblo last
night, and after the performance
boarded the midnight train for Lead
vile, where it was billed to play this
evening. When Is miles east OF
Salida, the sleeper Cairo, which was
filled with members of the troupe, sud-
denly, and without any apparent
cause, left the track and rolled down
an embankment of several feet among
the rocks. The car was badly wrecked
and the passengers thrown in every
direction. Miss Leslie, with two or
three others, being hurled through
the broken side of the car, OF windows,
upon the rocks. AS soon as the pas
sengers recovered their surprise and
shock, began an investigation of the
injured. Miss Leslie was found lying
upon the ground dead. Her spinal
column was broken and a wound on
| her head. No one, other than those
mentioned was injured. The Castle
ton Company cancelled their Lead
vile engagement and returned to
Denver this evening. The body of
Miss Leslie will be embalmed and for
warded to her friends in Brooklyn.
Trouble with n Coke Strikers.
P%rrTsBURG. May 20.-A serious
phase in the coke strike at Everson
was developed this morning, when a
mob of 800 negro and Hungarian
miners, armed with bludgeons, sud-
denly appeared in the coke yard at the
Jimtown works of Col. Shoemaker.
Without warning they made a savage
attack on the men engaged in drawing
out coke from the ovens. Such labor
ers as could not escape were cruelty
beaten. One man was so badly
kicked that his life is despaired OF.
Having destroyed all the movable